First record of the subgenus Hemilepistus (Desertellio) (Isopoda, Agnaridae) from China Author Wang, Jin 0000-0002-1189-6442 College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, 330045, Nanchang, China Author Hong, Xinkai 0000-0003-3374-5044 College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, 330045, Nanchang, China Author Jiang, Chao National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 100700, Beijing, China Author Li, Weichun College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, 330045, Nanchang, China text Zootaxa 2023 2023-12-20 5389 3 362 372 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5389.3.4/52522 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.3.4 1175-5326 28682B5A-ADD0-4B3B-BAD6-74CE40FB66A5 Key to the species of the subgenus Hemilepistus ( Desertellio ) 1. Apex of male pleopod endopodite 1 without split into two lobes................................................ 2 - Apex of male pleopod endopodite 1 split into two lobes...................................................... 3 2. Pereonite 1 with six large tubercles arranged in two rows..................................... H. (D.) fedtschenkoi - Pereonite 1 with four large tubercles arranged in one row......................................... H. (D.) heptneri 3. Inner lobe of male pleopod 1 endopodite not surpassing outer lobe................................. H. (D.) ruderalis - Inner lobe of male pleopod 1 endopodite surpassing outer lobe................................................. 4 4. Inner lobe of male pleopod 1 endopodite with an acute apex...................................... H. (D.) elongatus - Inner lobe of male pleopod 1 endopodite with a blunted round apex............................................. 5 5. Head with pointed median lobe, lateral lobe quadrangular; pereonite 1 – 2 without large tubercles........ H. (D.) pavlovskii - Head without median lobe, lateral lobe small triangular; pereonite 1 – 2 with four large tubercles..................................................................................................... H. (D.) gracilentus sp. nov.